God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 47:6
6I was angry with my people. I dishonored those who belong to me. I put them under your control. You showed them no mercy. You placed a heavy burden on old people.
Isaiah 47:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
- New International Version (NIV)I was angry with my people and desecrated my inheritance; I gave them into your hand, and you showed them no mercy. Even on the aged you laid a very heavy yoke.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I was angry with my people; I profaned my heritage; I gave them into your hand; you showed them no mercy; on the aged you made your yoke exceedingly heavy.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I was angry with My people; I have profaned My inheritance, And given them into your hand. You showed them no mercy; On the elderly you laid your yoke very heavily.
Context of Isaiah 47:6
4Our defender is the Holy One of Israel. His name is the Lord of Armies. 5Go into the dark, and sit in silence, princess of the Babylonians! You will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms. I was angry with my people. I dishonored those who belong to me. I put them under your control. You showed them no mercy. You placed a heavy burden on old people. 7You said, “I will always be a queen.” You didn’t carefully consider these things or keep in mind how they would end. 8Now then, listen to this, you lover of pleasure. You live securely and say to yourself, “I’m the only one, and there’s no one else. I won’t live as a widow. I won’t suffer the loss of children.”
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קָצַ֣פְתִּי עַל־עַמִּ֗י חִלַּ֙לְתִּי֙ נַחֲלָתִ֔י וָאֶתְּנֵ֖ם בְּיָדֵ֑ךְ לֹא־שַׂ֤מְתְּ לָהֶם֙ רַחֲמִ֔ים עַל־זָקֵ֕ן הִכְבַּ֥דְתְּ עֻלֵּ֖ךְ מְאֹֽד׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- I was wrothקָצַףqâtsaph · be angryH7107
- with my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- I have pollutedחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: profaneH2490
- mine inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
- and givenנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- them into thine handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
- thou didst shewשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
- them no mercyרַחֲמִיםracham · compassionH7356
- upon the ancientזָקֵןzâqên · oldH2205
- hast thou veryמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
- heavilyכָּבֵדkâbad kâbêd · to honor: heavyH3513
- laid thy yokeעֹל‛ôl ‛ôl · yokeH5923
Cross-references for Isaiah 47:6
- Isaiah 10:6I send them against a godless nation. In my fury I order them against the people to take their belongings, loot them, and trample on them like mud in the streets.
- Isaiah 42:24Who gave Jacob away as loot and handed Israel over to robbers? Wasn’t it the Lord, against whom we have sinned? They didn’t want to live his way. They didn’t obey his teachings.
- 2 Samuel 24:14“I’m in a desperate situation,” David told Gad. “Please let us fall into the Lord’s hands because he is very merciful. But don’t let me fall into human hands.”
- 2 Chronicles 28:9A prophet of the Lord named Oded was there. He went to meet the army coming home to Samaria. He said to them, “The Lord God of your ancestors handed Judah over to you in his anger. You killed them in a rage that reaches up to heaven.
- Psalms 69:26They persecute the one you have struck, and they talk about the pain of those you have wounded.
- Zechariah 1:15and I’m very angry with the nations who think they are at ease. I was only a little angry, but they made things worse.
- Isaiah 43:28That is why I will corrupt the leaders of the holy place. I will claim Jacob for destruction. I will set up Israel for ridicule.
- Lamentations 2:2The Lord swallowed up all of Jacob’s pastures without any pity. He tore down the fortified cities of Judah in his fury. He brought the kingdom ⌞of Judah⌟ and its leaders down to the ground in dishonor.
- Ezekiel 24:21‘Tell the nation of Israel, “This is what the Almighty Lord says: I’m going to dishonor my holy place. You brag that my holy place gives you strength. It’s the thing you love the most. It’s your hearts’ desire. So the sons and daughters that you left behind will die in battle.
- Ezekiel 28:16You traded far and wide. You learned to be violent, and you sinned. So I threw you down from God’s mountain in disgrace. The guardian angel forced you out from the fiery stones.
- Isaiah 13:16Their little children will be smashed to death right before their eyes. Their houses will be looted and their wives raped.
- Isaiah 14:17who made the world like a desert and tore down its cities, who didn’t let his prisoners go home?”
- Matthew 7:2Otherwise, you will be judged by the same standard you use to judge others. The standards you use for others will be applied to you.
- James 2:13No mercy will be shown to those who show no mercy to others. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- Deuteronomy 28:50Its people will be fierce-looking. They will show no respect for the old and no pity for the young.
Commentaries on Isaiah 47:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6I was wroth with my people - God, in the course of his providence, makes use of great conquerors and tyrants as his instruments to execute his judgments in the earth; he employs one wicked nation to scourge another. The inflicter of the punishment may perhaps be as culpable as the sufferer; and may add to his guilt by indulging his cruelty in executing God's justice. When he has fulfilled the work to which the Divine vengeance has ordained him, he will…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6I was worth with my people - In this verse and the following, a reason is assigned why God would deal so severely with her. One of the reasons was, that in executing the punishment which he had designed on the Jewish people, she had done it with pride, ambition, and severity; so that though God intended they should be punished, yet the feelings of Babylon in doing it, were such also as to deserve his decided rebuke and wrath. I have polluted mine…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The people of Israel had provoked God’s wrath, prompting him to use Babylon to punish them. Now wicked Babylon itself would be punished.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. reason for God's vengeance on Babylon: in executing God's will against His people, she had done so with wanton cruelty (Is 10:5, &c.; Jr 50:17; 51:33; Zec 1:15). polluted my inheritance--(Is 43:28). the ancient--Even old age was disregarded by the Chaldeans, who treated all alike with cruelty (La 4:16; 5:12) [Rosenmuller]. Or, "the ancient" means Israel, worn out with calamities in the latter period of its history (Is 46:4), as its earlier stage of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 47
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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